. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . companies,may be mentioned the Montana, owning some of the richest and most steadilyproductive mining property in process of development ; Clarks Colusa, saidto have in sight, above the 300-foot level, at least 150,000 tons of valuableore ; and the Bell and Colorado, two of the richest copper-silver mines inthe district. So much for the mines and smelting works of Butte. What of the cityitself ? Briefly, it may be said to be a typical A\estern town, as seen in flushtimes ; nothing too big for it, nothing too good ; its quivering energy findinge
. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . companies,may be mentioned the Montana, owning some of the richest and most steadilyproductive mining property in process of development ; Clarks Colusa, saidto have in sight, above the 300-foot level, at least 150,000 tons of valuableore ; and the Bell and Colorado, two of the richest copper-silver mines inthe district. So much for the mines and smelting works of Butte. What of the cityitself ? Briefly, it may be said to be a typical A\estern town, as seen in flushtimes ; nothing too big for it, nothing too good ; its quivering energy findingexpression, now in the erection of a $150,000 court house, and now in that ofthe finest opera house on the Pacific slope, outside of San Francisco ; its busi-ness enterprise filling magnificent stores with costly goods, suited to the tastes,pocket-books and spending proclivities of a community that on last Christmaseve spent $6,000 in presents in a single one of its stores. There are several good trout streams in the vicinitv of Butte, and it is. FALLS OF THE GIBBON RIVER, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. (20) 30 THROUGH WONDERLAND. pleasant to know that, in a city whose amusements are mainly of a very differ-ent character, there are those who know how to handle the rod. Proceeding westward from Garrison, the traveler will have some fine viewsof mountain scenery, including the snow-clad peaks of Mount Powell. Drum-mond, twenty-one miles west, is the station for the rich mining districts of NewChicago and Phillipsburg. Granite Mountain mine, near the latter place, isexceedingly rich. A vein of ore, six feet wide, and assaying from 125 to 2,000ounces of silver to the ton, is now being worked, the output reaching $120,000per month. Soon the train enters Hell Gate Cafion, at first a beautiful valley, from twoto three miles in width, but narrowmg as we go westward, until from betweenits stupendous walls we suddenly emerge upon a broad plateau, where standsthe city of Missoula. Formerly a r
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